Reach founders while the timing is right.
You are the sales team, so a bought list of job titles eats a whole Tuesday and still says nothing about who has the problem this week. Your agent goes by what somebody just did in public: posted that the tool you replace is failing them, asked their feed for a better one, announced a round, opened a first ops role. You get that person, their own words, and a draft you approve before it sends.
Ask for the people you want.
See it work for founders.
Find people who posted this month about switching away from the tool my product replaces.
37 people said it in public this month. Freshest signal first.
Maya L.Posted the problem
Tomas R.Asked the feed
Aisha B.Commented under a rival
Lucas M.Liked a complaint
The people worth your week already said so in public.
Your agent does the reading, not you
One opener, then the conversation is yours
Nothing leaves your account until you click
Nobody to hire before you start
Four things you stop doing yourself.
Who is in the market this week
A bought list of startups gives you a job title, and that fact reads the same in March and in September. Your agent goes by what somebody just did in public, a post about the tool you replace or a first ops role opened, and brings back that person with the reason attached.
Only the ones worth your time
Describe your first customer once, in a sentence: stage, size, what they just did, what they are missing. A three-person pre-launch team and a funded thirty-person team stop landing in the same list, and every row that stays shows why.
The first line, already written
Your agent reads the person before it writes, their profile, their company, the posts and comments they left, the roles they are hiring for. The opener comes out of that in your own voice, and nothing leaves your account until you approve it.
Sent at a human pace
Messages go out spread through the day, never in a burst. A new sender starts gently and builds up. If anything looks wrong, it stops and tells you.
The public record, read the week it appears.
The week they go looking, and the reply that follows.
They said the tool is failing them
Somebody posting that the thing they use is letting them down has the problem you built for, and they said it this week. Your agent finds that post, names the person, and puts their own words at the top of the draft.
They asked the feed what to use
A thread asking for a recommendation in your category is a buyer running a shortlist in public. Your agent hands you the person who asked, before the thread fills up with everyone else's answer.
The first ops role went up
A small team opening its first ops or growth role has admitted the work outgrew the founder. Your agent catches that posting and names the person who wrote it, so your note is about the job they just described.
They write back to you
A message about the post somebody wrote last week gets answered, because it is about them and it arrives while it still matters. Replies land in your own LinkedIn inbox under the message that started them, and you book the call yourself.
Prefer to work in Claude?
BeReach runs as a connector inside Claude and Claude Cowork. Ask in plain language: it finds the people, tells you which ones are worth your time, and writes the first line. Nothing sends until you say so. See the Claude connector.
Selling before you have a sales team, answered.
How does BeReach help a founder find first customers?
Your agent reads what people put in public: a post about the tool you replace, a thread asking for a recommendation, a round announced, a first ops role opened. Each name comes back with the sentence that put it on the list and a draft opener, rather than an export to grind through.
I do not have a sales team. Is this still useful?
That is who it is built for. Founder-led selling works because the note is about something the person actually did and it lands while it still matters, and both of those are reading problems rather than headcount problems.
Does BeReach only use public data?
Yes. Posts, comment threads, funding announcements, job postings and public profiles are all on the open web, and none of it is bought from a list broker.
How is this different from a bought list of startups?
A bought list gives you a job title, which is the same fact in March and in September. Your agent starts from something that happened this week, so you know the person has the problem now instead of guessing at the timing on every name.
What if I am still figuring out who buys?
Start wide. Write the loosest version of the sentence, watch who comes back and who answers, then tighten it next week without having burned your best names on the wrong guess.
Who writes the first message, and who sends it?
Your agent drafts it after reading the person's profile, their company and what they posted, in your words rather than a template. You change a line or throw it out, and it goes from your own account only once you approve.
What happens when somebody replies?
The reply lands in your own LinkedIn inbox, under the message that started it. You answer and book the call yourself, and your agent carries on with the rest of the list.
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Your next customer complained about something this week.
Describe who you built for. Your agent brings back the people who said it in public, drafts the opener, and waits for you to approve it.
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The rest of the free tools.
- Read a profilePaste a profile link, read it without signing in.
- Find peopleNames, roles and companies, by title and place.
- Find companiesCompanies by industry, size and place.
- Find postsPosts about your topic, from this week.
- Who liked a postEveryone who liked a post, with their role.
- Who commented on a postEveryone who commented, and what they said.
- Who is hiringOpen roles, so you reach a team with a budget.
- Who works at a companyPaste a company, get the people inside it.
- What someone posts aboutEverything a person or company published.
- Paste a search linkPaste any LinkedIn search URL, get the people.
- Export my contactsEveryone you are connected to, as a file you keep.
- Who LinkedIn suggestsThe people My Network picked for you, with the reason.
- What your volume is worthWhat your outreach volume is realistically worth.
- Describe who you wantPlain words in, real job titles and searches out.
- Who is my ideal customerReads your own site and works out who buys from you.
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